The fists roared, no longer displaying the majestic power of stars, but instead exuding a chilling darkness and deathly silence. Wherever they passed, the air seemed to be corrupted and devoured by an invisible force!
"Hiss!"
When the fist, imbued with pure demonic power, struck the dancing black tentacles once more, a strange scene unfolded. The tentacles, previously incredibly tough and nearly indestructible, melted and disintegrated rapidly upon contact with this dark power, like snow being doused in boiling water. They emitted a series of teeth-grinding scraping sounds, billowing black smoke, and a pungent, acrid stench!
"It works!" Xiao Han's heart skipped a beat, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes.
Sun Baicao let out a scream of surprise and anger, clearly not expecting that Xiao Han could wield such a power to restrain it.
The fierce battle here had already alarmed all the Martial Artists on the plain. They had been watching from a distance, but when they saw the hideous black tentacles that had sprung up from "Sun Baicao's " body, as well as that inhuman evil aura, they were all terrified.
"What... what kind of monster is that?!"
"Senior Sun... how did he become like this?"
"Could it be that the Martial Artist went berserk earlier was also afflicted by this kind of thing...?"
Horror, fear, and disbelief spread like wildfire through the crowd. They finally realized that the first level of the Heaven-Piercing Tower harbored a terrifying crisis far beyond their imagination! And the young figure fighting the monster, in their eyes, revealed a fierce courage and an indescribable tragic grandeur.
Seeing that Xiao Han's punch had melted away his proud tentacles with that strange demonic power, "Sun Baicao" finally stopped pretending.
"Jehovah--!"
A piercing, inhuman scream, sharper and more ear-piercing than ever before, suddenly erupted from its mouth. The sound waves, as if they were tangible, swept outwards, causing many Martial Artists to bleed from their seven orifices on the spot, clutching their heads and letting out shrill screams.
Its withered human skin peeled away inch by inch, like a venomous snake shedding its skin, revealing the truly terrifying form beneath—an aggregate formed by countless twisted, slippery, and foul-smelling black tentacles writhing and tangling! At the tip of each tentacle seemed to open tiny eyes that shimmered with an eerie green light; just one glance was enough to send chills down one's spine.
Under the horrified gazes of the crowd, the monster's size increased several times over, its body churning with black energy, and its tentacles, like raging pythons emerging from their caves, swept wildly in all directions, making not only Xiao Han, but also all the Martial Artists around it its prey.
"Be careful! This is the Void Whisperers. Its power can penetrate the mind and corrode the soul! Guard your mind!" Xiao Han shouted, his voice clearly reaching the ears of every Martial Artist still retained their sanity.
On his [Star-Magic Battle Body], star patterns and demonic patterns intertwined and shone, strongly repelling and dissolving the evil aura that was eroding him. The Chaos Green Lotus in his dantian also swayed gently, casting a hazy green light, cleansing and purifying the mental pollution that was trying to penetrate his sea of consciousness.
Even so, Xiao Han felt a heavy pressure. The power of the Void Whisperers after its full release had surpassed that of an ordinary Middle Stage of the Martial Emperor Realm, and was approaching the late stage!
"Oh! My head!"
"Help! I can't control myself!"
Screams rose and fell. Some of the weaker Martial Artists, merely brushed by the black tentacles or struck by the shriek, had their eyes quickly turn red, and their faces showed the same ferocity and madness as the previous crazed Martial Artists.
The mental shock and bizarre attacks of the Void Whisperers instantly shattered the Martial Artist' alliance that had initially tried to unite in resistance. Some fled desperately, only to be pierced by the incoming tentacles and reduced to shriveled corpses; others tried to raise their weapons to defend themselves, but the moment their weapons touched the tentacles, they were corroded and dissolved by the dense black energy, followed by desperate wails.
Casualties are escalating rapidly.
Xiao Han dodged and weaved through the tentacles, narrowly avoiding fatal blows with his "A Step to the Ends of the Earth, Far at Hand" movement technique, while simultaneously shattering the attacking tentacles with his "Annihilation Divine Fist" imbued with demonic power. Thoughts raced through his mind.
The Void Whisperers seemed to be guarding the small teleportation array with excessive rigor. Whenever the aftershocks of an attack approached the teleportation array, or when a Martial Artist fled in panic towards it, it would spare no effort to dedicate a significant portion of its power to intercept them, even willing to withstand Xiao Han's attacks head-on.
The other end of the teleportation array... Could that be its true target, or rather, the crucial point that it absolutely cannot be disturbed?
[Void-Piercing Divine Eyes] activated to its limit, golden light pierced through the churning black mist, locking onto the Void Whisperers's tentacle-like form. Just as a punch shattered some of its tentacles, causing a slight impact on its body, Xiao Han detected an extremely faint, almost imperceptible stream of black energy separating from the monster's body, like a thin, invisible thread, connecting to an inconspicuous node on the teleportation array's base.
The energy flow was fleeting; if it weren't for the [Void-Piercing Divine Eyes] and [Star-Magic Battle Body] having a special sensitivity to this kind of aura, it would have been impossible to detect.
So that's how it is! Xiao Han had already made up his mind.
He deliberately created an opening, and as he dodged a sweeping tentacle, his body suddenly staggered, as if he was outmatched, and was struck hard by the tentacle!
"Bang!"
Xiao Han was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string, spitting out a "blood arrow" (actually a mouthful of stagnant blood and qi that he forced out), and crashed right into the small teleportation array.
"Heh heh! Foolish brat, you're courting death!" The Void Whisperers let out a triumphant and cruel laugh. Just as Xiao Han had predicted, it showed great "interest" and "nervousness" towards Xiao Han, who was about to "corrupt" the teleportation array. Several of its thickest tentacles immediately separated from its main body, transforming into streaks of black lightning that frantically pursued Xiao Han, attempting to capture and devour him before he could completely "corrupt" the teleportation array.
At this critical moment, Xiao Han, who was flying backwards, curled up a cold smile.
A figure identical to his silently separated from his body—[Shadow Avatar]!
The avatar, carrying the aura of Xiao Han's original body, continued to "miserably" crash into the teleportation array, perfectly attracting the full attention of the several thick tentacles that were chasing after it.
As for Xiao Han's true body, at the moment of separating from his avatar, taking advantage of the brief obscuring of his vision and the gap in the Void Whisperers's mind being distracted, his figure twisted like a ghost, advancing instead of retreating, and like an arrow released from a bow, he rushed straight towards the Void Whisperers's true body!
Now!
The power of his two Martial Souls was circulating wildly at an unprecedented speed. The purifying vitality of the Chaos Green Lotus, the devouring and annihilating power of the Eternal Night Void Emperor, and the domineering demonic power transformed from the [Star-Magic Battle Body]—three completely different yet subtly balanced terrifying powers within him—were all gathered between his palms at this moment!
The nascent form of the [Chaos Annihilation Green Lotus Eternal Night Strike] was pushed to its limit at this moment!
The target is the energy outlet point previously locked by [Void-Piercing Divine Eyes] that is connected to the teleportation array node!
"Boom--!"